{"id":275121,"date":"2021-10-05T08:59:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T12:59:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=275121"},"modified":"2021-10-05T08:59:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T12:59:17","slug":"global-facebook-outage-shows-world-dependency-on-social-media-giant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/global-facebook-outage-shows-world-dependency-on-social-media-giant\/","title":{"rendered":"Global Facebook outage shows world dependency on social media giant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-193931 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/FaceBookEye_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/FaceBookEye_large.jpg 600w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/FaceBookEye_large-300x163.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Over a span of nearly six hours (a virtual eternity on the global fast-paced internet) Facebook and its apps ,including Whatsapp, Instagram and Messenger, were all offline.<\/p>\n<p>This downtime is being referred to as an &#8220;outage&#8221; language usually reserved for the downtime of &#8216;basic&#8217; utilities such as power and water.<\/p>\n<p>The absence of these social media apps were felt around the globe not just by Instagram models unable to post their latest selfie or Facebook users eagerly wanting to share their new favourite meme but also by non profit outreach agencies and multi-million dollar companies dependent on these apps for daily operation.<\/p>\n<p>A recent New York times article examines these global issues and more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/10\/05\/technology\/facebook-down-ig-down-whatsapp-down.html\">Read Full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Over a span of nearly six hours (a virtual eternity on the global fast-paced internet) Facebook and its apps ,including Whatsapp, Instagram and Messenger, were all offline. 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